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The Midnight Library by Matt Haig

30 reviews

meg_elyse's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark hopeful informative inspiring sad tense medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Gaslighting

Moderate: Animal death, Toxic relationship, and Death of parent

Minor: Alcoholism, Cancer, Chronic illness, Death, Drug use, Emotional abuse, Infidelity, Sexism, Vomit, Stalking, Car accident, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

angelfireeast24's review against another edition

adventurous challenging dark emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

5.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Chronic illness, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Ableism, Bullying, Cursing, Emotional abuse, Self harm, Terminal illness, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

tilder's review against another edition

adventurous dark emotional hopeful inspiring lighthearted reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Plot
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.0

lovely and effortlessly personal

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Grief, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death, Death, and Death of parent

Minor: Homophobia, Toxic relationship, Medical content, Stalking, and Sexual harassment

augustar14's review against another edition

adventurous emotional mysterious reflective sad tense slow-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.5

It felt at times like the author wrote this book to try to convince suicidal people not to commit suicide and I think that's generally unhelpful and insensitive. If not read as for this purpose, there are some insightful concepts and interesting ideas that are explored pretty well. I was fond of Nora. Seemed like she had lots of autistic traits to me. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Death, Grief, and Death of parent

Minor: Addiction, Alcoholism, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Forced institutionalization, Medical content, Car accident, Alcohol, and Sexual harassment

camoo3032's review against another edition

hopeful inspiring reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? A mix
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? It's complicated

4.5

This a cute, uplifting book. You can't help reflecting on your own life when you read it. It's a very interesting concept but it can be a bit didactic. The ideas the author is trying to convey are a bit on the nose at points. I wouldn't say it's a must-read for everyone but it's certainly an enjoyable book

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Suicide attempt, and Dysphoria

Moderate: Alcoholism, Animal death, Death, Domestic abuse, Emotional abuse, Toxic relationship, Grief, Death of parent, Fire/Fire injury, and Alcohol

Minor: Animal cruelty, Bullying, Cancer, Drug abuse, Drug use, Homophobia, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Sexual content, Vomit, Medical content, Stalking, Car accident, Pregnancy, and Sexual harassment

spacey_gracie's review against another edition

adventurous emotional hopeful inspiring mysterious reflective tense fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

3.75

Some say this story reads like a self-help book-- a sentiment with which I agree. That said, I read it at a time in my life when I needed the kind of help and hope it provided. This is cheesy and I feel silly writing it but this book made a big difference in my life. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Grief, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Minor: Sexual harassment

lynxpardinus's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective

2.75

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Alcoholism, Drug use, Infidelity, Panic attacks/disorders, Terminal illness, Toxic relationship, Vomit, Grief, Stalking, and Car accident

Minor: Animal cruelty, Chronic illness, Eating disorder, Homophobia, Sexual content, Dementia, Sexual harassment, and Injury/Injury detail

danajoy's review against another edition

challenging emotional hopeful reflective medium-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Death, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide attempt, and Death of parent

Moderate: Animal death, Drug abuse, Panic attacks/disorders, Self harm, Toxic relationship, Grief, and Sexual harassment

Minor: Vomit

qspeaks's review against another edition

emotional hopeful reflective fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? Yes
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

2.75

Storyline is interesting but the conclusion feels a bit forced. Very reflective. Writing reminds me of a well-written fanfiction, which might be a selling point for some. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal death, Death, Mental illness, Suicidal thoughts, Suicide, Vomit, and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Addiction, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Cursing, Death of parent, and Alcohol

Minor: Cancer, Stalking, Car accident, and Sexual harassment

avu_writes's review against another edition

adventurous emotional funny hopeful informative inspiring reflective relaxing sad fast-paced

• Plot- or character-driven? Character
• Strong character development? Yes
• Loveable characters? It's complicated
• Diverse cast of characters? No
• Flaws of characters a main focus? Yes

4.0

“You can be anything you want to be. Because in one life, you are.”

the vibe: 13 Reasons Why meets A Christmas Carol. the beginning of the book felt a little slow to read (nothing poorly written, just not my cup of tea to read about someone’s depressive thoughts). however, the negative events in Nora’s life were almost comical, so it didn’t feel like a total drag. after she popped into the midnight library & started getting a feel for how it works, the book really started to pick up.

 (semi-spoilers):

 each storyline was easy to sink into & gave an interesting outlook as to how different her life could’ve turned out. as the book went on, she realized that most of her “poor decisions” or “regrets” from her root life actually saved her from far worse. I, for one, liked this mindset & I kept highlighting the philosophical quotes throughout the book. some may have felt like the life lessons were a little corny, but I really loved them. 

 all in all, great book that surpassed my expectations! the ending left me feeling good and complete and happy for Nora, while leaving me reflective about my own life.

~ ★★★★☆ (4)

soundtrack: 

♬ coldplay - fix you 

♬ coldplay - death and all his friends 

♬ coldplay - paradise 

♬ coldplay - yellow 

♬ paradise fears - battle scars 

♬ paradise fears - back to life 

♬ finneas - let’s fall in love for the night (1964) 

♬ coldplay - don’t panic 

♬ alec benjamin - older 

 

“look at the stars, 

look how they shine for you.” ♡

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Suicidal thoughts and Suicide attempt

Moderate: Animal death and Self harm

Minor: Sexual harassment